Helen McKeown

Arts fundraiser. Development Manager @auroraorchestra / clarinettist / general arts enthusiast. Views my own. she/her

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Just three hours to go on our @BigGive Christmas Challenge! With £189 to go, can you help us get over the line and support the creation of our new children's show, 'Mendelssohn and the Moving Machines'? Double your donation until midday today! https://t.co/IecrCX1SBv

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Since 2017, we've reached over 4,000 children with our Far, Far Away shows, so let's hear from some of them!

There's just 24 hours left to DOUBLE your donation through the @BigGive, and support our new show 'Mendelssohn and the Moving Machines'. https://t.co/IecrCX1SBv

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

1/3 Help us create a brand new storytelling show for young children! This week, your donation will be DOUBLED as we take part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023. https://t.co/IecrCX1SBv

[BBC Proms @bbcproms]

Tickets are still available for tomorrow's #BBCProms where @auroraorchestra perform Stravinsky's thrilling Rite of Spring from memory 💥

3pm┃7.30pm
Last chance to book seats: https://t.co/Zqj4jHm8TD

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

Thanks to @CIOFtweets for a great day, and to @CIOFRaise for the bursary - it's brilliant to have opportunities to attend conferences like this. And wonderful as ever to spend a day in the company of @Tara_RachelHill !

[Tara Worrall-Hill @Tara_RachelHill]

Super day at @CIOFtweets Major Donor Fundraising Conference! 🙌 Thank you @CIOFRaise for the enabling bursary 🙏 Many learnings to take away & build on, & lovely to be with my partner in crime @hlmck for the day! ❤️ Arts charities for the win @benedetti_fdtn @auroraorchestra 😁

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

Two weeks remaining to apply for this exciting new role at @auroraorchestra - you’d be working at the heart of one of the UK’s most exciting arts organisations, organising creative events, campaigns & more. #artsjobs #fundraising

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Are you a keen arts fundraiser? We're recruiting for a new Development Officer! This role is key to our fundraising strategy, focusing primarily on Individual Giving. Applications close 5pm 28 February. Find out more: https://t.co/BcJAX5CUa8
#artsjobs #fundraisingjobs

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

Come and join the development team at @auroraorchestra! Very happy to chat to anyone who's interested and would like to find out more about the role. It's a wonderful place to work and an exciting time to join!

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Are you a keen arts fundraiser? We're recruiting for a new Development Officer! This role is key to our fundraising strategy, focusing primarily on Individual Giving. Applications close 5pm 28 February. Find out more: https://t.co/BcJAX5CUa8
#artsjobs #fundraisingjobs

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Just one hour to go on our @BigGive #ChristmasChallenge22! You can still support our dream of bringing music into every classroom through Aurora Orchestra Learning until 12pm today! https://t.co/ob4G28hsLh

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

I'm nominating @auroraorchestra for the @BigGive Supporters' Choice Award because music education shaped my life, and Aurora are doing such important work to give more children the opportunity to learn music at school. #CC22mychoice Double your donation: https://t.co/HdrDTueWzu

[Samuel West 💙💛 @exitthelemming]

Final 24 hours to double your donation to the brilliant Aurora, who in the face of so many music cuts are doing everything they can to get music into schools. It’s joyous and it changes lives.

They’re £1500 from their target. Please help get them over the line x

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

Starting now!

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Join us over on YouTube at 10am for a magical, musical morning 🎶https://t.co/0Nkzr0rHKT

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

We need your help! We want more children across the UK to have access to our wonderful learning resources, Aurora Orchestra Learning. Support our @BigGive Christmas Challenge to bring music into every classroom - double your donation before 12pm on Tue! https://t.co/7s7FYUeIlC

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

Breaking my twitter silence to share that this week Aurora are taking part in the @BigGive Christmas Challenge - meaning that all donations will be DOUBLED! Aurora are doing truly amazing work to bring more music into schools - please support if you can: https://t.co/HdrDTueWzu

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Over the next week all donations to Aurora Orchestra will be doubled, as we take part in the @BigGive Christmas Challenge to raise funds for Aurora Orchestra Learning.

Help bring Aurora Orchestra into every classroom at https://t.co/ob4G28hsLh
https://t.co/hF6SGgrvqM

[Freya Parr @FreyaParr]

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, LADS. A packed-out @Printworks_LDN with thousands of people turning up to hear an absolutely electric performance of Beethoven by @auroraorchestra. If there’s a night to make you hopeful about the future of classical music, it was this.

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Thanks for joining us everyone. Huge thanks as always to @bbcproms , to Tom Service, to the amazing players and to @pkkolesnikov and @nicholascollon . What a night it was! Here's to live music (and audiences) and much more if it!!!!

[Helen McKeown @hlmck]

Tonight at 7pm on BBC Four!

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

Surely a contender for Best Ever Orchestral Ending? And this is just the camera rehearsal for our #Firebird: if you want to see the reaction from a full @bbcproms audience at the @RoyalAlbertHall, tune into @BBCFOUR tonight at 7pm to find out! @nicholascollon

[theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk]

★★★★ @AuroraOrchestra take us back to the classroom with a dazzling @BBCproms performance https://t.co/YDYRKLp4T7

[Albert Hall Organ @AlbertHOrgan]

The @auroraorchestra are in today but they’ve forgotten all their music 😂 #bbcproms

[Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra]

🔥🦅 by ❤️

TODAY!

@bbcproms
@RoyalAlbertHall
@BBCRadio3

[BBC Proms @bbcproms]

We've got something very special for you this week. Stravinsky's 'Firebird' Suite – from memory! Here's a peek at the @auroraorchestra in rehearsals.
Get your tickets now!

Wed 11 Aug at:
3.30pm: https://t.co/H6gECZhw0X
8pm: https://t.co/gnncrcS4Dr